12 Sights in Ronda, Spain (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Ronda, Spain. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 12 sights are available in Ronda, Spain.

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1. Casa Don Bosco

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The house of San Juan Bosco is a modernist style palace built in the early twentieth century, in the heart of the historic complex of Ronda. It belonged to the Granada family and they later ceded it to the Salesian order for use as a resting place for priests and sick people of that congregation.

Wikipedia: Casa de San Juan Bosco (ES), Website

2. Casa del Rey Moro

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The House of the Moorish King of Ronda, Spain, is a monumental complex with a long history that begins in the fourteenth century and reaches the twentieth century. It consists of three parts: a water mine from the Muslim period, a neo-Mudejar style house and a garden designed by Jean Claude Nicolas Forestier declared of Cultural Interest in 1943.

Wikipedia: Casa del Rey Moro (Ronda) (ES)

3. Casa del Gigante

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The house of the Giant of Ronda, is a private house built between the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. Similar to the buildings of Granada and Maghreb, it is considered a small palace, one of the best preserved of Nasrid architecture.

Wikipedia: Casa del Gigante (ES)

4. Al Toro de Lidia

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Al Toro de Lidia

The Spanish Fighting Bull is an Iberian heterogeneous cattle population. It is exclusively bred free-range on extensive estates in Spain, Portugal, France and Latin American countries where bull fighting is organized. Fighting bulls are selected primarily for a certain combination of aggression, energy, strength and stamina. In order to preserve their natural traits, during breeding the bulls rarely encounter humans, and if so, never encounter them on foot.

Wikipedia: Spanish Fighting Bull (EN)

5. Plaza de Toros de Ronda

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The bullring of Ronda is a historic building in the city of Ronda (Malaga), declared of Cultural Interest in its category of Monument, and is owned by the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda. The building began its works in 1780 and after a temporary suspension of the works, it was completed in 1785, under the project of the architect Martín de Aldehuela; being considered one of the oldest in Spain.

Wikipedia: Plaza de Toros de Ronda (ES)

6. Palacio del Marqués de Salvatierra

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The Palacio de Salvatierra is a building in the Spanish city of Ronda, in the province of Malaga. It is a building that focuses its decoration on a unique baroque portal that is organized from a pair of columns of Corinthian order on each side of its wide lintel door, on which there is a frieze in finely decorated stone from which starts a balcony closed by a splendid iron grille.

Wikipedia: Palacio de Salvatierra (ES)

7. Ciudad romana de Acinipo

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Acinipo was a city about 20 kilometers from Ronda, in the Spanish province of Málaga, believed to have been founded by retired soldiers from the Roman legions more than 2,000 years ago. The remaining ruins include a Roman theater still in use today. It is sometimes referred to as Ronda la Vieja despite the fact that Acinipo and Arunda co-existed for centuries.

Wikipedia: Acinipo (EN)

8. Necrópolis megalítica de La Planilla

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The megalithic slab cemetery corresponds to the important funeral area of the Bronze Age and belongs to the megalithic phenomenon. It is widely found in the circular area of Malaga (Spain). Since the Bronze Age, a large number of megalithic tombs have been recorded, which have been known since ancient times and reflect the population concentration in this area.

Wikipedia: Necrópolis megalítica de la Planilla (ES)

9. Baños Árabes

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The hammam or Arab Baths of Ronda, in Ronda (Malaga), obeys the Muslim adaptation of the ancient Roman baths and consists of the same parts, but unlike the Romans, in which the baths are made by immersion in large pools, the Muslims are mainly steam baths, although they sometimes have a small pool.

Wikipedia: Baños árabes de Ronda (ES)

10. Puerta de Almocábar

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The Almocábar gate is located in the southern part of Ronda connected to the historic center. It was built in the thirteenth century and was modified in the time of Charles V. It consists of three successive doors plus two lateral semicircular towers. These served as accommodation for the guard.

Wikipedia: Puerta de Almocábar (ES)

11. Ermita rupestre de la Oscuridad

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The Dark Cave Monastery is an archaeological area located in the city of ronda in the Spanish province of Malaga. This is a rock church belonging to the Cenobitic community. The church is integrated into a series of housing and burial structures in the communities that live there.

Wikipedia: Ermita rupestre de la Oscuridad (ES)

12. Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor

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The Church of Santa Maria, the greatest circular church, elevated to the status of surrender parish by Catholic King fernando, stands above the city's ancient aljama mosque, a 12th-century building that still retains the remains of mihrab.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor (Ronda) (ES)

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